Lee DeWyze Quotes

I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

I don't want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine.

What's interesting is to be sexy but not know it. You'll be in a restaurant, and some girls will walk in and you can tell that they really want to be sexy. It's written on their faces because that's all they want to show. There's a fear that one might not look further.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

If you see a person who's insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing. They give you just the courage to drop your defenses.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

I just am who I am.

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

I was afraid to express myself for a while.

You should wear what you want to wear and not worry about trying to paint yourself in a certain image because that self-awareness is what's going to help you become a more independent and more interesting and healthier adult.

My customer has her own sense of style and knows herself well. My goal is to help women become the best version of themselves.

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

When I first got into the entertainment industry, I would always watch Rihanna and all those people, so I was like, 'Ooh, I have to be this.' So my mom was like, 'Just be yourself.'

I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

I just want to be who I am, as I am.